I've had a little experience with it... the automatically generated WiX code was a bit "messy" for my liking, however it's just as powerful as WiX is, so yes it can tackle the most complex of installs. But I wouldn't want to.
I love the bootstrapper with MSI Factory (it's worth the license cost alone if you have complex bootstrap requirements) but found that hand-coding WiX (Visual Studio) provided a much more maintainable project and so stopped using the MSI Factory GUI as soon as I took a look at the wix sources output. Sascha On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Matt Walker <matt.wal...@synergis.com> wrote: > OK, I see that Indigo Rose's MSI Factory (formerly Setup Factory, I > believe) is based on the WiX toolset. > > Does anyone have any experience with this product? Â If so, does it have > all the ability needed to tackle even the most complex of install? > Web/IIS stuff? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 2:31 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] FW: InstallShield 2010 vs InstallAware 9 > > Other people have covered the technical aspects of the WiX toolset all > over. > To summarize, I think it is safe to say that if the Windows Installer > supports it the WiX toolset supports it, the only question is how much > education is required before you can accomplish what you want done. > Â <smile/> > > But I really want to speak to the future a little bit. I've been working > on > the WiX toolset for over 10 years now. We have accomplished a lot but > there > is plenty more to do. But look what we've done. Since 2005 we've > released > two versions of the WiX toolset, each one raised the bar in the quality > of > packages. The community here has been growing and now we have thousands > of > people on the mailing list with scores of highly knowledgeable people > answering questions. Every year we seem to pick up another couple people > that make the WiX toolset that much better. > > Personally, I'm more excited about the future of the WiX toolset than I > ever > have been before. With WiX v3.0 we have a really solid base. With WiX > v3.5 > we will finally have a bootstrapper/chainer. In WiX v4.0, we will be > tackling the complexity of the language which seems to be the largest > complaint now (because, IMHO, the WiX toolset output quality is so high > the > only thing to do is make it easier to output that quality <smile/>). > > Other people have pointed out there are plenty of companies that have > bet on > the WiX toolset (both of mine included). But ultimately, the decision is > yours to decide to bet on a group of highly knowledgeable volunteers > working > on something they believe in completely. We'll be working on it here, > either > way. <smile/> > > -- > virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 6:53 AM, Matt Walker > <matt.wal...@synergis.com>wrote: > >> Something else I just thought of and should have included in my last >> email... >> >> >> >> What about the future of WiX? Â With it being free, how do I know it > will >> be around for a while if I would choose to go this route with our >> installations? >> >> >> >> Did I read somewhere that it can be integrated into Visual Studio as >> well? >> >> >> >> Again, thanks for all of the quick responses. Â All information has > been >> more than helpful and although my initial questions to this group > really >> weren't WiX related, I am now curious and downloading the tool right >> now. >> >> >> >> Even still, if there is anyone out there with InstallShield and/or >> InstallAware experience, let me now what's good and bad about the >> products. >> >> >> >> I haven't had any responses from anyone with InstallAware experience > so >> maybe that should tell me something. Â In saying that, I'm not sure how >> expansive this group is so maybe it shouldn't tell me anything. >> >> >> >> Again thanks and keep the information coming!! >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ >> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day >> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and > focus >> on >> what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with >> Crystal Reports now. 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